noun🔗ShareAn excessive load."The electrical overload caused the circuit breaker to trip. "amounttechnologysystemenergyphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe damage done, or the outage caused by such a load."The sudden overload in the electrical grid caused a city-wide blackout. "technologyelectronicscomputingenergymachineindustrytechnicalphysicssystemdeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn overloaded version of a function."The teacher used an overload of examples to explain the math concept. "computingtechnologyfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo load excessively"The student overloaded her schedule with extracurricular activities, making it difficult to keep up with her studies. "amounttechnologymachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo provide too much power to a circuit"The electrician overloaded the circuit, causing the lights to flicker and then burn out. "electronicstechnologyelectricenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo create different functions for the same name, to be used in different contexts"The programmer overloaded the function "calculate_total" to handle both individual and group sales figures. "computingtechnologyfunctionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo fail due to excessive load"The electrical circuit overloaded and shut down when we plugged in too many appliances. "technologycomputingsciencemachineelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
